{"id":54082,"date":"2019-03-15T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=54082"},"modified":"2019-03-14T15:55:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:55:22","slug":"new-antarctic-wharf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-antarctic-wharf\/54082\/","title":{"rendered":"New Antarctic Wharf project hits major milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A major milestone has been reached on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.ac.uk\/\">British Antarctic Survey<\/a> (BAS) new Antarctic Wharf project at Rothera Research Station<\/h2>\n<p>Following two months of deconstructing the old wharf, the first frame of the new 74-metre long new Antarctic Wharf has been lowered into place.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, divers completed the final part of the wharf deconstruction along the sea bed, making way for the first 55-tonne frame to be installed on 12 March. Lowered carefully into position onto temporary guides from a 300-tonne crane, the operation took 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p>In relatively warm and sunny conditions, the team worked throughout the evening fine tuning the setting out of the frame to within 40mm tolerance. This precision engineering was critical to ensuring the alignment for the new wharf, which will provide safe berthing and efficient operations for the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-wharf-underway\/52217\/\">RRS\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-wharf-underway\/52217\/\">Sir David Attenborough<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In total, 20 frames will make up the new Antarctic Wharf\u2019 skeleton, with seven due for installation during this construction phase \u2013 delivered by BAS\u2019s construction partner BAM and technical advisor Ramboll.<\/p>\n<p>BAM Ian Wenkenbach project engineer said: \u201cTwo years of planning came to bear fruit yesterday, with the successful installation of the critical first frame. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.ac.uk\/media-post\/practice-makes-perfect\/\">full-scale trial<\/a> assembly and lift undertaken back in September in the UK ensured that the operation here in Antarctica went according to plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo install the frames, which form the skeleton of the new structure, we are using a hydraulic jacking system, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/meHdm8fXmU4\">a concept developed in-house<\/a> to allow accurate levelling of the frames after installation, as well as specially designed lifting frames, support structures and access platforms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Roper, Ramboll site supervisor added: \u201cThere is a great sense of achievement here in Rothera at this crucial\u00a0milestone as the deconstruction of the existing wharf makes way for construction of the new wharf. Overseeing yesterday\u2019s successful operation was a very proud moment for all of the BAM, BAS and Ramboll team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54083 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New-Antarctic-Wharf-project-hits-major-milestone-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Importance of the new Antarctic Wharf<\/h3>\n<p>Operated by BAS, the new Antarctic wharf at the Rothera Research station will provide safe berthing and efficient operations for the new 129-metre long Polar Research Vessel, the RRS\u00a0<em>Sir David Attenborough<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioning of the RRS\u00a0<em>Sir David Attenborough<\/em>\u00a0is part of a major government polar infrastructure investment programme designed to keep Britain at the forefront of world-leading research in Antarctica and the Arctic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major milestone has been reached on the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) new Antarctic Wharf project at Rothera Research Station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,636,579],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-engineering","9":"tag-infrastructure"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Antarctic Wharf project hits major milestone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A major milestone has been reached on the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) new Antarctic Wharf project at Rothera Research Station\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-antarctic-wharf\/54082\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Antarctic Wharf project hits major milestone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A major milestone has been reached on the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) new Antarctic Wharf project at Rothera Research Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-antarctic-wharf\/54082\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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